Facing It: Epiphany and Apocalypse in the New Nature is part memoir, part cultural history, and part literary perspective. Jimmie Killingsworth takes the reader through a Cold-War childhood, an adolescence colored by anti-war and ecological activism, and an adulthood darkened by terrorism and climate change. He celebrates the survival of natural beauty and people living close to the earth while questioning truisms associated with both economic advancement and environmental purity. READ MORE.
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WINNER 2014
Robert A. Calvert Book Prize
In Pesos and Dollars: Entreprenuers in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1880-1940 historian Alicia M. Dewey draws on her expertise as a bankruptcy lawyer to reconstruct the story of how a diverse group of entrepreneurs, such as Anglo-Americans, ethnic Mexicans, and European and Middle Eastern immigrants, created and navigated changing business opportunities along the Texas-Mexico border.
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At the apex of progressive reform in Texas from 1907 to 1911, Thomas M. Campbell served as the state's chief executive. In Our Fighting Governor, Janet Schmelzer explores Campbell's life, political career and philosophy, and legacy. At the same time, she provides new insight into the inner workings of the Texas Democratic Party at the turn of the twentieth century. READ MORE.
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Welcome Aboard
In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of a ship. Nautical archaeologists Warren Riess and Sheli Smith were called in to take over what came to be known as the "Ronson ship site." For the first time, Riess reveals the whole story (including analysis and detective work) of the mysterious ship that had been entombed for over two hundred years. READ MORE.
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See archival excavation footage and listen to Warren Riess discuss the fascinating story in this new book trailer from TAMU Press.
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La Salle's Ship Finally Comes In
After two decades of searching for La Salle's lost ship, Texas Historical Commission (THC) divers in 1995 found a vessel in the silty bottom of Matagorda Bay. The first cannon lifted from the wreck bore late seventeenth-century French insignias. The ill-fated La Belle had been found.
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Then-THC Archeology Division Director James Bruseth conducted a full excavation that was eventually completed at Texas A&M University's Conservation Research Laboratory. Over one million artifacts have been pulled from the wreck and preserved.
The La Belle is still considered a sovereign vessel of the French government according to international maritime law, but it has been granted permanent residency in Texas through a formal agreement negotiated by the French Republic, the Musée national de la Marine, the US Department of State, and the THC. This richly illustrated catalog is the companion guide to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum exhibit in Austin. READ MORE.
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Watch the rebuilding of La Belle happening right on the exhibit floor! Live streaming available from 9 am-5 pm, Wednesday-Saturday. |
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